05-14-2009, 04:44 PM
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Experts say El Monte police officer's kick was unjustified
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El Monte Councilwoman Patricia Wallach, who has been a critic of the police department in the past, said she is hoping for "some kind of explanation for the officer’s action.”
“We are waiting for reports before we make specific comments on what occurred,” said Wallach.
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David A. Klinger, a criminology professor at the University of Missouri and a former Los Angeles Police Department officer, said the nature of video, as a “two-dimensional representation,” leaves out a lot of context that could explain the officer's decision-making.
Still, the officer’s tactical approach also raised questions in the incident, he said.
“You have an individual who is compliant,” Klinger said. “I don’t understand why an officer would want to get so close to a suspect. There’s no need [in that situation].”
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Samuel Walker, a criminology professor at the University of Nebraska and an expert in police oversight and force, said the officer's kick to the head was “unprovoked and unnecessary," calling the actions "one of the worst incidents of this kind that I've seen."
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Geoffrey P. Alpert, professor of criminology at the University of South Carolina, said that, while video may miss some things, it appears to show “that the officer lost control.”
“It appears that the suspect was motionless, under control and nonthreatening,” Alpert said. “If that’s the case, what the officer did was totally outrageous. From what we see, he overreacted.”
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http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lano...uestioned.html
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